Scrim vs Scrid - What's the difference?
scrim | scrid |
A kind of light cotton or linen fabric, often woven in openwork patterns, -- used for curtains, etc,.
A large military scarf, usually camouflage coloured and used for concealment when not used as a scarf.
A woven, nonwoven or knitted fabric composted of continuous strands of material used for reinforcing or strengthening membranes.
(theater) A theater drop that appears opaque when a scene in front is lighted and transparent or translucent when a scene in back is lighted.
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 22, author=Steve Smith, title=In Austin, Echoes of a Distant War in an Opera’s American Premiere, work=New York Times
, passage=Mummified mannequins dangling above the set, illuminated from within, were a heavy-handed touch, but the designer George Tsypin’s translucent scrims and painted drops beautifully conveyed the passage of sun-blasted days and bone-chilling nights on the edge of civilization. }}
Thin canvas glued on the inside of panels to prevent shrinking, checking, etc.
As nouns the difference between scrim and scrid
is that scrim is a kind of light cotton or linen fabric, often woven in openwork patterns, -- used for curtains, etc, while scrid is a screed; a shred; a fragment.scrim
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